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Kevin Wicks

Kevin Wicks founded BBCAmerica.com's Anglophenia blog back in 2005 and has been translating British culture for an American audience ever since. While not British himself - he was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri - he once received inordinate hospitality in London for sharing the name of a dead but beloved EastEnders character. His Anglophilia stems from a high school love of Morrissey, whom he calls his "gateway drug" into British culture.

Posts by Kevin Wicks

‘Orphan Black’ Star Tatiana Maslany Among BBC AMERICA’s Five Critics’ Choice TV Noms

By | Posted on May 22nd, 2013
Tatiana Maslany from 'Orphan Black'

The Broadcast Television Journalists’ Association have announced their Critics’ Choice Award nominations today, and BBC AMERICA scored five nominations. Tatiana Maslany received a nod in the Best Actress in a Drama category ...

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‘Fashion Star’ Louise Roe: Who I’d Cast in a Updated Video for George Michael’s ‘Freedom’

By | Posted on May 17th, 2013
Louise Roe at the 2013 Academy Awards. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)

Media types toiling away at keyboards, there’s a light at the end of that tunnel: British-born Louise Roe has parlayed her background in fashion journalism into a gig as MC of NBC’s Fashion Star, which just completed its ...

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BAFTAs: Steven Moffat on ‘Doctor Who’ Season Finale, 50th Anniversary, and New ‘Sherlock’

By | Posted on May 17th, 2013
Steven Moffat at the BAFTA TV Awards in London, May 12, 2013 (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

Doctor Who was feted with a special 50th anniversary tribute at Sunday’s BAFTA TV awards in London, and lead writer/executive producer Steven Moffat was on hand on the red carpet, where he chatted with our own Alan Moloney about ...

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Meet the Designer Behind Those ‘Doctor Who’ Movie Posters

By | Posted on May 15th, 2013
Lee Binding, the graphic designer behind the 'Doctor Who' movie posters for Season 7. (Photo: Lee Binding)

Last year, in the preview for Season Seven, Doctor Who‘s producers announced that each of the episodes would pack the punch of a blockbuster movie. And in keeping with that aim, a dramatic, movie-style poster would be released for ...

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BAFTAs: Peter Capaldi Teases Part in ‘Musketeers,’ Romola Garai Reminisces on ‘The Hour’

By | Posted on May 13th, 2013
Former 'Hour' co-stars Peter Capaldi, Romola Garai at the BAFTA TV Awards in London, May 12, 2013. (Photos: Rex Features via AP)

The 1950s-set newsroom drama The Hour may have come to a close, but stars Peter Capaldi and Romola Garai were both out in support of the critically beloved saga at the BAFTA TV Awards in London yesterday (May 12). Capaldi was a double ...

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BAFTAs: Andrew Buchan, Jodie Whittaker on What to Expect from BBC AMERICA’s ‘Broadchurch’

By | Posted on May 13th, 2013
'Broadchurch' stars Andrew Buchan and Jodie Whittaker at the BAFTA TV awards on May 12, 2013. (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

If you want to know what Brits were watching this past spring, the answer was Broadchurch, the critically acclaimed drama that made the fictional killer of a young boy in a sleepy seaside town the topic of national conversation. The ...

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‘Game of Thrones’ Star Richard Madden to Play Cinderella’s Prince

By | Posted on May 8th, 2013
Richard Madden and Jenna-Louise Coleman at the 'Game of Thrones' premiere in March 2013. (Photo: Matt Sayles /Invision/AP)

Richard Madden, Game of Thrones‘ Robb Stark, might be best known to Whovians as Doctor Who star Jenna-Louise Coleman‘s real-life love interest. Now, the British actor is set to romance big screen audiences as Prince Charming ...

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Daniel Radcliffe to Play American Journalist in Mob Drama ‘Tokyo Vice’

By | Posted on May 1st, 2013
Daniel Radcliffe at the 2013 Olivier awards in London. (Photo: Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

He’s a long way from Hogwarts. Daniel Radcliffe continues to zig and zag away from his wizardly career beginnings, with Deadline reporting that he has signed on to play American journalist Jake Adelstein in Tokyo Vice, an ...

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David Tennant is an Emmy Nominee!

By | Posted on May 1st, 2013
David Tennant at BBC AMERICA's party for the 2012's Television Critics Association event. (Photo: Todd Williamson/Invision for BBC America/AP Images)

Congratulations are in order for David Tennant, who is now an Emmy nominee!

The actor, set to return to his role as Tenth Doctor in the upcoming Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, received his first-ever Emmy nod today (May 1) when the 2013 Daytime Emmy nominations were announced, and it’s for a part ...

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WATCH: Sirs Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi as Bickering Couple in ‘Vicious’

By | Posted on April 30th, 2013
Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi in 'Vicious' (Photo: ITV)

Well, this certainly qualifies as an event: Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi have done a six-part sitcom together titled Vicious, playing a quick-quipped gay couple who’ve been shacked up for nearly 50 years. 5.

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